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=== Royal Navy === [[Royal Navy]] "Commando Carriers" and "Amphibious Helicopter Carriers" * {{HMS|Ocean|R68}} β 1956 only, emergency minimal conversion for [[Suez Crisis]] {{Sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier|1}} - Broken up * {{HMS|Theseus|R64|6}} β 1956 only, emergency minimal conversion for Suez Crisis ''Colossus'' class. Placed into reserve until broken up in 1962 * {{HMS|Albion|R07|6}} β 1962β1972, converted {{Sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|1}} - Converted to a Commando carrier in 1961/62. Decommissioned 1972 and scrapped. * {{HMS|Bulwark|R08|6}} β 1960β1980, converted ''Centaur'' class. Converted to an anti-submarine warfare carrier 1979. Kept in service until HMS ''Invincible'' entered service. Due to accumulated damage she was not fit for emergency use in the Falklands War and was later broken up. * {{HMS|Hermes|R12|6}} β 1973β1976, ''Centaur''-class aircraft carrier converted for amphibious operations, then in 1976 as a helicopter [[anti-submarine warfare carrier]] and later still as a [[British Aerospace Sea Harrier|BAe Sea Harrier]]-equipped VSTOL light carrier. During the Falklands operated helicopters for both anti-submarine and troop movements Sold to the Indian Navy, as the [[INS Viraat|INS ''Viraat'']]. * {{HMS|Ocean|L12}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/assault-ships/hms-ocean/history/index.htm |title=HMS Ocean - History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083826/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/assault-ships/hms-ocean/history/index.htm |archive-date=2011-09-20 }}</ref> β 1998β2018 designed and built as a commando carrier based on the ''Invincible''-class STOVL carrier hull. Decommissioned in March 2018 sold to Brazil, who renamed it {{ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|AtlΓ’ntico||2}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-34909649|title=HMS Ocean to be decommissioned in 2018, MoD announces|date=2015-11-24|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2015/11/27/royal-navys-helicopter-assault-carrier-ocean-decommissioned/76443520/|title=Royal Navy's Helicopter Assault Carrier Ocean To Be Decommissioned |first=Andrew |last=Chuter|website=Defense News|date=27 November 2015 |access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref> * {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} - 2011β2014, {{Sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|1}} equipped and re-purposed as a commando carrier while HMS ''Ocean'' was in refit.<ref>In 2010, the entire fleet of Harrier aircraft was grounded and subsequently sold in 2011 to the USMC for replacement parts. Thereafter, ''Illustrious'' only carried helicopters as no carrier-capable combat aircraft remained in the UK inventory.</ref> Decommissioned in 2014 and scrapped in Turkey.
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